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Canna ‘Passionata’
Group(s): Foliage Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Late summer until frosts
Foliage: Dark
Form: Upright
Tillering: Average
Origin: COOKE Ian
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Ian K. Cooke UK, author and UK National Canna Collection Holder, England, Canna (Balisier) ‘Passionata’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; green and purple variegated foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, maroon margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured purple; spikes of flowers are open, apricot and salmon, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, petals purple, partial self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in late summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured pink and purple; tillering is average.
Canna ‘Passionata’ is available from specialist growers.
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